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MG MGA - Unknown Part

In the process of putting together the big MGA jig-saw puzzle, I'm not sure what this part is, or if from another car. Appreciate if someone could identify it; see image - its about 3" long. Thanks, Dennis


Dennis Suski

I think it maybe the starter switch bracket, engine bay, should be welded to the right hand chassis memberneat to the shelf.
Dave Swinburne

No, I disagree. I do not recognise it as MGA.

Steve
Steve Gyles

Does not look like any MGA part I remember!
WMR Bill

Not MGA. I think I've derusted and painted 'em all.Looks like it may clamp on a leaf spring, perhaps for a flexible brake line attachment. Bob Prentice
rsa prentice

Dennis, it's obviously one of the rarest of pieces, made of drop forged unobtanium. Get it on e-bay right away and you can retire. I wouldn't list it as coming from a MGA though.
Bill Young

All I know is when you finally throw it away, about 10 minutes after the garbage truck makes its pickup at your house, you will realize what it went to, and that you still needed it.
Del Rawlins

Is that the voice of experience I hear there Del?
mike parker

Two friends have restored cars recently - not MGAs but a Stag and an XK120 - in both cases they painted all the parts only to find half a dozen bits not from their cars! but I agree with Del - hang it up in your garage until you find exactly where it's from - cheers Cam
Cam Cunningham

Never ever throw anything away until the project is totally complete! Don't ask how I know. Have a good day!

John
John Progess

You can ask me how I know. I had a similar issue with a couple of small parts leftover after my first complete (9-year) restoration was finished and back on the road in 1986. It was a couple more years before someone could identify these parts for me. They turned out to be the small "L" brackets that hold two captive float nuts each side under the front body cowling just ahead of the dash where the grab handle bottom screws go through.

I had installed the grab handles using flat washers and nuts underneath (with a bit of personal contortion in the process) thinking it was normal. These errant parts were finally installed several years later when I was replacing the original windscreen glass. So I tend to agree with the others, don't throw it out until you know what it is, and that it is definitely not part of your car.

I have heard of some more serious consequences of leftover parts, like no oil pressure on a new engine due to a missing oil pump drive gear the was tossed out because it was thought to be "surplus".
Barney Gaylord

Ooh, that's bad.
mike parker

Having completely disassembled my 1600 coupe not that long ago, I can say it doesn't look like any part I recall or is in my current boxes of "left over" parts. I say left over because I have a long way left to go and hopefully, I won't have any extras parts lying around once completed. I did manage to bag and label nearly everything as I removed them from the car...so theoretically, has the manual states, "reassembly is the reverse of disassembly". Sounded easy enough to me......not! I concur with other, more wise, contributors to this thread.

DON'T pitch it until years later. Good luck!
Robert Maupin

I sympathize. When I read the thread I went to the garage and looked through my shelf of small parts and brackets that are all cleaned and painted ready to be put back on the car. I didn't see anything like it. Every bracket, nut and bolt is off my frame right now and I foresee the same question over and over again in my future.
DAR Dave Rosato

This thread was discussed between 11/01/2009 and 16/01/2009

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